Darren Aronofsky's Films and the Fragility of Hope
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Darren Aronofsky's Films and the Fragility of Hope

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Darren Aronofsky's Films and the Fragility of Hope

About this book

Darren Aronofsky's Films and the Fragility of Hope offers the first sustained analysis of the current oeuvre of the film director, screenwriter, and producer Darren Aronofsky. Including Pi (1998), Requiem for a Dream (2000), The Fountain (2006), The Wrestler (2008), Black Swan (2010), and Noah (2014), Aronofsky's filmography is discussed with respect to his style and the themes of his films, making astute connections with the work of other directors, other movies and works of art, and connecting his films with other disciplines such as math, philosophy, psychology, and art history. Jadranka Skorin-Kapov deploys her background in philosophy and math to analyze an American filmmaker with an individual voice, working on both independent productions and big-budget Hollywood films. Aronofsky is revealed to be a philosopher's director, considering the themes of life and death, addiction and obsession, sacrifice, and the fragility of hope. Skorin-Kapov discusses his ability to visually present challenging intersections between art and philosophy. Concluding with a transcript of a conversation between the author and Aronofsky himself, Darren Aronofsky's Films and the Fragility of Hope is a much-needed study on this American auteur.

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Information

Publisher
Bloomsbury Academic
Year
2015
Print ISBN
9781501320156
eBook ISBN
9781501306983
Edition
1
Topic
Media & Performing Arts
Subtopic
Film & Video

Index

2001: A Space Odyssey, here, here, here, here, here, here
9 ½ Weeks, here, here, here
A Beautiful Mind, here
A Clockwork Orange, here, here, here
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man, here, here; see also Joyce, James
A.I. Artificial Intelligence, here, here, here
Abraham, here, here, here; see also Kierkegaard, Søren
Adorno, Theodor, W., here, here, here
aesthetic experience, here, here, here, here, here
Aguirre, the Wrath of God, here; see also Herzog, Werner
Alberti, Maryse, here
Alister, Ian, here
All That Jazz, here
Altman, Rick, here
American Dream, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here
animal kingdom, here, here, here
Ant Colony Optimization, here, here
ants, here, here, here; see also Ant Colony Optimization
archetype, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here; see also Jung, Carl
Arendt, Hannah, here
natality, here
Aristotle, here, here
Aristotle’s theory of tragedy, here
Aronofsky’s eyes, here
Aronofsky’s style, here, here, here, here
close-ups, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here
extreme close-ups, here, here, here, here, here, here
correspondences among visual depictions, here, here, here, here; see also Vertov, Dziga
fisheye l...

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Dedication
  3. Title Page
  4. Contents
  5. Preface
  6. Introduction
  7. π: Is Mathematics “The Language of Nature”?
  8. Requiem for a Dream: Addiction and Broken Dreams
  9. The Fountain: Death and the Authenticity of Existence
  10. The Wrestler: Melodrama and the Gift of Death
  11. Black Swan: Limit Experience and Artistic Perfection
  12. Noah: Responsibility, Love, and the Moment of Choice
  13. On Auteurship, Aronofsky’s Themes and Stylistic Signature
  14. Appendix: Conversation with Aronofsky
  15. Bibliography
  16. Index
  17. Copyright